Our mental health social workers provide support to people who may have more complex challenges that involve more than just themselves. Social workers use a ‘biopsychosocial’ framework, meaning they want to understand the person in the context of not only themselves, but also their family, their friends and their community. Our social workers often work with more than just the child, also working closely with the parents, step-parents, foster parents, schools and other important members of the child or young person’s life. In other cases, social workers may also work solely with parents to support them to address their current or past challenges that may be currently impacting on their parenting journey.